Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-06-05
MICKEY NNN,'S RIDE.
And She Vas Saved SErer Than Bob lngerSoII
Will Ever Rc-Mickey Generously Gives
the Credit % the Mule Jenny.

The warm south wind mad coaNcd TInds-
lows woods into putting Oh their new
srrh,r suit. Brown robins tripped briskly
through the springing green places IN
stpmpy Field. Mickey Firms tame crow
sat on the fence and kept 4 watchtul eye
an q circling hawk, who had ttloniOus
lesirus on Mis-. D0Olan's bantamS. y
yeuturesome frog came ont of The mud on
tb. margin of Browns pond and tried To
tried to sing Il solo; surprised at the IlS-
,.I crn,L that came from his throat, lac
.,urludcL that he was not fitted for solo
.ir,iug. and went back into the mud to
,yqit until the chorus hegln work III June.
Mickey Finn hat grown rapidly during
tLn winter. lie was broad shouIdered ANA
drcnrr chrstrd, and he began to put away
childish things. A perception oil the con
y.ptions OF society was beginning to dawn
an him lie began to ask himself whether
there MIS- any virtue in Il paper collar. Hnt
then there would be too manifest IN neon
unity between a paper collar and a red
d,nncl shirt; and 80 he bridged
the difficulty with Il dicky. But
he soon found that elegance was
canned Mt the eNpcns OF com
fort. for the collar choked him and the
dicky kept slipping around so that Il strip
,frcd flannel shirt was exposed to view
His mother, while she began 10 know that
her boy was weaving away from her, failed
to see that the subtle alchemy of manhood
WAS beginning to stir his pulses, or hat a
n.rcrntion of the dignitics of lie had III
consciously been appropriated by him. The
d~avcIourneut of Drawn and muscle had no
Significance to her. Mickey would always
he her hoy, were he an Ajax in size and 4
Hercules in limb.
But MIR. Finn took a more practical view
of the evolution of little Mike.
aye needn't he 10 swintiiimcntal about
tn b'y. Biddy." said Mike one evening.
It's not that he's thinkin' less iv We; by ye
wouldn't he wantin' 4 big dump " Il by
like him T. he m%authcring around like Il
h,bbv, IN lave il ( yerSel'. now-would
W.? All, Ia! but he's good fer any o til
b'ysiv his weight an inches. | seen nm
,dyin' tbc lut TO- Pat Feenan's by jamcsey
| This Chcusday's y week, IN. drappin' HIM
ON tn broad iv his back rs aisy us you'd
he tumin' a pancake. Shur llcS goou
aithc way We take him-coilarn elbow,
| side halt or catch-as-catch-can
Mr.. Finn chuckled to himself as he re-
capitulated his sons virtues, and his wife
looked.out into the gathering twilight with
4 brooiing ]prom0nition that these physi-
cal accomplishments OF her boy would get
him into trouble in the days TO come.
Mr.. Firms chuckles died away when he
saw a man open the gate and walk up the
little grayelled path To the door. He re-
counized the MN rs Jack COoney, to whom
he owed $50 on the purchase of a cow.
Good ~avcnin' t We, Mike, an hOw's
times wild ye?" said Jack.
"Well thin, they might be bethcr nor
they are. What wild tn rheumatic and the
late spring l'm discouraged cntoireiy.
! IIow's things wild yerscl', Jack?'
Pm in 4 mighty tight place, Mike.
| Troth. man. Pm nearly out " me head wild
trubbic. Yen mind The undertaken Nc
| Nultvl Well, me sister Mays father
dyin' wild tn newmOnya. God rest her,
and when she WAS sick lwhat did that
dirty blaggard do but he comes around
PEACEFUL and quiet us a lamb, tn shaking
villun. JiSt whin he was goin' out
iv the durc he comes back I me
sister an SAYS he: Mary says he, III
lave me card wild yc,' says he, AN II yer
wan,in' anything in my line yc can send
fur me. There's ncer Il man IN my line o
business Us kapes better goods says he, an
wild that he wint out, aithcr lavin' his
black card on tn he'd, an itr'adin: "Mc-
Nultv. cheapest undertaken in the city,
"Fwhat did We do wild him, jack said
Mike, leaning over the table 10 catch the
reply.
''Fwhat wud any man do rs had two fists
on his arIumS and two shoes on his fate? |
list wint over till him, an | thumped him
till his face was like u h'aiSteak, an !
gridironcd his back wild tn kickin | gcv
him
"An' he tux tn law on yc, ] suppose"
Faith, he did that. He had me up for
'sault an battery, an tn ledge fined me
$50 or 90 { Jail 'or 30 days. But got out
on Il molly sOmcthin' on other, an | hay 80
days { raise The money. That'stwhat I'm
here for To night. | don't want To he pres
sin We, Mike, but if We hey tn $50 we're
OWN me ON tn COW, on We can get II by
this day four weeks, I'll be much in yer
favor, 50 I will, PLACE Cod"
Mike ushercd his visitor TO the door with
a surrowful heart. When he had closed
the ,tonr h"nskcd his wife how much money
there was in the stocking. Mrs. Finn
poured the contents of the wOOll"n safe
upon the table. They counted the money
over several times TO he sure that no mis-
take had been made, but the most rigid
calculation failed to make the total amount
any more than Sj.l2.
Mickey was Informed of the state of al
fairs, and he became very thoughtful. The
idea never occurred TO the older Firms that
Mickey would he Of any service in this
financial strait, but Mickey had ideas OF
his own on that question, although he said
nothing about them. Before going to bed
he asked his mother TO mend Il rent in
his trousers leg, and, contrary to his
usual custom, he kissed his mother be-
fore retiring for the night. The next
morning he left the house before dawn,
closing the door softly after him, 80 that
his parents were not awakened. Two
hours later he hal hired out rs u driver on
the canal ut $40 per month. He had not
told his parents of his intention, because
he knew they would not hear Of his enter
ing on such 4 mcnial pursuit.
"CanalliGg is good enough for them rs
hasn't brains enough to do SOmethin' else:
but rs for Mickey, he's going t be aythur a
doctor or Il lawyer. | don't care which:
share tn both q thin wears beaver hats
As was ~ have been expected there was
great excitement in the Finn Shanty when
the discovery OF Mickcy's flight was made.
What object he could have in going away
was more than his parents could guess. 1t
seemed like a wantOn dcScrtion Ia his
mother, although She hardly believed such
an act possible, especially after his allcc-
Tomato manner of the previous evening.
Two weeks had gone by and no tidingS were
heard from the missing hoy, although he
had made one trip TO lIoncsdalc, and, IT,
turning to Cooncy Island in the evening,
Had looked in the window and seen his
flthrr and mniher sitting hrsihc The Old